Sense there ain't shite going on tonight

I thought I would start a thread about our favorite lines in songs...

I'm sure this has been done a hundred times here before, but with new songs and new members...


I'll start with a couple of classics--

I love this song.

Elton John...Saturday night's alright for fighting.

Every word in it is great.

My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, and my old lady she don't care.
My sister looks cute in her britches and boots, a handful of grease in her hair.

Great lyrics!!!!

Another classic--

Soundgarden, FELL ON BLACK DAYS


So what you wanted to see good has made you blind
And what you wanted to be yours has made it mine
So don't you lock up something that you wanted to see fly
Hands are for shaking
Not tying, no not tying

Man, that's good stuff!!!


Right now, I'm totally into ALL THINGS AUDIOSLAVE...


Something harder--

Lamb of God (Burn the preist) - Lies of Autumn.

As the leaves fall yellowing like aged paper
Thoughts turn acrid and curl like cigarette smoke
Rising from a butt ground out on my arm

Step into this decay and experience dissolution
Crucified upon a plank of cruelty and apathy


Oh man!!!

Doesn't that just pound you?

Seriously, that pulls you down...way down to the dirty side.


Lamb of God is what I like to fry my ears to when I'm writing murder, rape or torture. They are just PERFECT for it.

Btw...I'm listening to A LOT of the Lamb these days. I wrote a rape scene to it the other day, that curled my hair.


Fresh new stuff--

Muse.. Some kind of madness

I hate techno but Fukk, I like this song

Not cause of the words, but the rhythm...

Too soft to write to, but still a cute 'flavor of the day" song.

Anyone else want to punch in?

Shawn.....><

I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but John Lennon was pretty much beyond awesome genius. IMO, Imagine always gets me.

""Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
Let's hope you'll join us
And the world will live as one




I don't know how you can top that.  

Great thread idea big fella.

Pia, nice one with 'Imagine'!

Another of John's solo songs 'Gimme Some Truth' - also from the Imagine album - has this line:

'No short haired yellow bellied son of Tricky Dickys gonna Mother Hubbard soft soap me for just a pocketful of hope...money for dope...money for rope'.

Here's a great line from Crawling Back To You from Tom Petty's GREAT Wildflowers album:

"I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow a day... Most things I worry about... never happen anyway."